Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Democrats to eliminate the filibuster, saying the chamber’s procedures were designed to prevent the majority party from unilaterally changing the rules.
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Harry Reid Throws Cold Water On Filibuster Reform Effort
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi DCalif. defended Congress’ work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency, just as CSPAN mounts an Read more…
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THE HILL’S BLOG BRIEFING ROOM: Pelosi tells C-SPAN: ‘There has never been a more open process’
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
An independent committee of directors of Alcon is disappointed with a takeover bid from Novartis, saying the Swiss drugmaker is trying to circumvent protections for minority shareholders.
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Alcon Directors Criticize Novartis Tactics
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
A Goldman Sachs International adviser defended compensation in the finance industry as his company plans a nearrecord year for pay, saying the spending will help boost the economy.
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BLOOMBERG: Goldman Sachs’s Griffiths Says Pay ‘Inequality’ Helps Everyone
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Immigrant rights activists are calling on U.S. retailers to stop selling two controversial “Illegal Alien” costumes that have surfaced for Halloween, saying the outfits are a broadside attack on illegal immigrants. Take our poll below and share your reaction to this “Illegal Alien” Halloween costume.
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Google reports its highest ever quarterly profit, with its chief executive saying the worst of the recession is over.
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Google sees record $1.6bn profit
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Two Bangladeshi newspapers apologise after republishing a parody US news article saying the Moon landings were a hoax.
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Red faces as Bangladesh papers fall for US moon landing ‘hoax’
Monday, July 6th, 2009
India’s government unveils its annual budget, saying the ‘first challenge’ is to return to 9% annual growth ‘at the earliest’.
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India outlines growth challenge
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
A breakaway traditionalist sect defies the Vatican to ordain three new priests, saying the Catholic Church needs clergy.
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Sect’s ordinations defy Vatican
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
The always-outspoken Roberta McCain — mother of Sen. John McCain — took a swipe at Rush Limbaugh Wednesday, saying the popular conservative radio host “does not represent the Republican Party that I belong to”. “I belong to the Republican Party,” McCain, 97, said during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
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Roberta McCain: Limbaugh "Does Not Represent The Republican Party That I Belong To"
Monday, May 11th, 2009
The US defence secretary has asked the country’s commander in Afghanistan to step down, saying the battle against the Taleban needs “new thinking”.
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US sacks top Afghanistan general
Monday, May 4th, 2009
DAMASCUS, Syria — The leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas said Monday that its fighters had stopped firing rockets at Israel for now. He also reached out in a limited way to the Obama administration and others in the West, saying the movement was seeking a state only in the areas Israel won in 1967
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Hamas Says It Has Halted Rocket Strikes On Israel
Monday, May 4th, 2009
After talking to President Barack Obama on the phone today, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch says he believes the White House will move swiftly on its Supreme Court nominee, perhaps making an announcement by the end of this week
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Orrin Hatch: Obama May Announce Supreme Court Nominee This Week
Monday, May 4th, 2009
A former Cook County employee at the center of a patronage controversy involving county Board President Todd Stroger has been separated from other Cook County Jail inmates following a fight.
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Former Stroger Patronage Hire Tony Cole In Jail Fight
Monday, May 4th, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago investment banker said Monday he is assembling a group to bid on the bankrupt Sun-Times Media Group. James Tyree, chairman of Mesirow Financial Holdings, said he is reviewing the Chicago-based media company’s books but his financial company would not be part of any bid group. Tyree said his goal would be to keep the Chicago Sun-Times, the company’s largest newspaper, as well as its 58 suburban Chicago papers and Web sites.
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Sun-Times May Have A Buyer: Mesirow Financial CEO James Tyree
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